CVE-2025-36038

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with a specially crafted sequence of serialized objects.

CVSS v3 9.0 CRITICAL

9.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237967	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:z\/os:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:::::::*

History

18 Jul 2025, 18:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:ibm:z\/os:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
First Time		Ibm aix Linux Microsoft Ibm Ibm websphere Application Server Ibm i Microsoft windows Hp Oracle solaris Hp hp-ux Oracle Linux linux Kernel Ibm z\/os
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237967 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237967 - Vendor Advisory

26 Jun 2025, 18:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-25 21:15

Updated : 2025-07-18 18:11

NVD link : CVE-2025-36038

Mitre link : CVE-2025-36038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-36038

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hp

hp-ux

ibm

websphere_application_server
i
z\/os
aix

microsoft

windows

oracle

solaris

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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